UCB Japan and Otsuka Pharmaceutical revealed on November 8 their intention to apply for marketing approval from Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW; Korosho) in early 2012 for anti-TNF-alpha (tumor necrosis factor alpha) antibody certolizumab pegol (Cimzia), under…
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